Middlebury men's lacrosse has 5 players honored, and St. Michael's makes Pat Ivory their head coach

After one of the best seasons in the program's history, the St. Michael's men's lacrosse team removed the "interim" tag from head coach, Pat Ivory's title. Ivory now the team's official head man. He was honored with coach of the year, and 5 middlebury panthers also get post-season nods.

OF THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM WERE HONORED BY THE NEW ENGLAND INTERCOLLEGIATE LACROSSE ASSOCIATION TODAY. SENIORS BILLY CHAPMAN, ZACH DRISCOLL AND ANDREW METROS EARNED FIRST-TEAM HONORS. FIRST- YEAR PLAYER JON BROOME JOINED DARRIC WHITE ON THE SECOND- TEAM. BROOME WAS ALSO NAMED THE ASSOCIATION'S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. AND HEAD COACH DAVE CAMPBELL THE COACH OF THE YEAR... BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE... FOLLOWING A SEASON IN WHICH "INTERIM" HEAD COACH, PAT IVORY LED THE ST MICHAEL'S MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM TO ONE OF THEIR BEST SEASONS'S IN PROGRAM HISTORY, THE COLLEGE HAS DECIDED TO DROP THE WORD "INTERIM"... IVORY WAS GIVEN THE TEMPORARY STATUS IN JANURARY, AND MADE THE BEST OF IT, GUIDING THE PURPLE KNIGHTS TO A SCHOOL RECORD FOR LEAGUE WINS, TIED THE TEAM'S OVERALL MARK OF WINS IN SEASON AT 11, WHICH HAD THEM NATIONALLY RANKED AS HIGH AS 9TH IN THE U-S INTERCOLLEGIATE LACROSSE POLL... AND WHILE THOSE ARE GREAT 1ST YEAR COACH STATS, THE ASSOCIATION, AND NORTHEAST 10 CONFERENCE BOTH FELT HE DESERVED MORE, EACH NAMING IVORY THEIR COACH OF THE YEAR...